Opinion: As European Parliament elections loom next month, a political earthquake is changing the landscape of the continent's far right. In a stunning move, Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) party has abruptly cut ties with its long-time German ally, the Alternative for Germany (AfD). RN has expelled the AfD from their shared Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament.
The trigger for this dramatic break? A series of controversies surrounding the AfD's leading candidate Maximilian Krah, who had “relativized” the crimes of the Nazi SS and claimed links to Chinese and Russian influence operations. One of his staffers was even arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing.
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